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Planning ahead
Mon May 11 2009

I'm a chocoholic. Been one for as long as I can remember. And that's a looong time. I get a craving, and until that craving is satisfied, I keep stuffing food into my mouth, trying to sate that craving. But all you chocoholics out there know that nothing, but nothing is going to sate that craving except--chocolate.

Being fully aware of what my diet will be for the next two weeks, and being fully aware of my cravings, I decided to try a test. I bought a bunch of chocolate. M&Ms. King size Snickers bar. A Heath bar. And the biggest Hershey bar I could find. And started stuffing chocolate into me.

It worked. I got to the satiated part, and thought that one more bite of chocolate would make me throw up--or at least gag.

Mission accomplished.

Maybe.

Will I go the next two weeks remembering the gag? I hope so. Because yearning for chocolate while receiving nothing but IV feedings, then clear liquids for the next several days will be painful to say the least. It will be especially painful to recall the chocolate I couldn't eat last night is waiting for me in the fridge when I get back home.

Wouldn't you think by now that it would have occurred to me that self-torture does not solve anything??!!


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5 Comments
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 11 2009
    Oh yea.
    I know exactly what you mean.
    There is nothing that will take the place of good ole chocolate.
    Hope the torture worked.
    Hugs, Tiggs
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 11 2009
    Pardon me while I go eat a reeses cup.....
  • From:
    Dreamerbooks2003 (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 11 2009
    I am wondering about the chocolate flavored ensure... I know it isn't even a true chocolate .. but it isn't bad... and that may qualify as a liquid diet item..
    Oh we are bad!!!!
    much love
    p
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 11 2009
    Oh, believe me, I understand the chocolate craving. I would try to find some chocolate sorbet for those post-surgical chocolate cravings. I think it's dairy-free, even. It's made using cocoa powder, so it's not particularly rich, but it does taste chocolate-ish. It would probably satisfy better than trying to ignore the cravings.
  • From:
    Wrenchman366 (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue May 12 2009
    LOL someone else's teeth OMG I hope you are wrong about that but it was odd how they were not even close to fitting, I certainly hope they get it right the next time, Oh Chocolate just can't live without it I hope you can resist until you get a clean bill of health, which I feel sure it will be soon

    Tim